Relish Summer

Still summer! Summer can be a season of plenty. For those of us with quant home gardens, "plenty" is no problemo. But for friends of ours like Aubrey White, who helps run a dozen-or-so acre community garden, plenty can mean a small conference room filled …

A Wolf Among Scrubs

A scrub is a guy that thinks he's fly and is
also known as a buster
always talkin' about what he wants
and just sits on his broke ass
so (no)
I don't want your number
no I don't wanna give you mine
and no I don't wanna meet you nowhere
no I don't want none of …

Pistachio Hummus

Over the last week we've been experimenting with pickling and sprouting, two ways to make awesome components for whatever you like to eat. Techniques are still being formulated, so those recipes are forthcoming.

With our first batch of pickled onions we …

Summer Fruits Salad

The Summer often finds us posing many questions as to the appropriateness of our intake. We will never ever fully settle on which beers we really want in the summer, and our penchant for broiling, braising and grilling usually trump our desire to stay cool. …

Sour and Sweet

The production of Lambic style beers is both a wonder of science and a labor of love. Once relegated to farmhouse production amongst southern Belgium's paupers, the practice basically involves brewing beer and letting it grow mold. Unlike the pious Monks' …

National Bitterness

Amidst the telling signs of economic collapse, the craft beer world has been suffering similar ravages. Aside from the "F" word, those that head the frontlines of the small batch brewery face the rising costs of the few elements of their mana: grain and …

Wedding Memories

The Spencer-Wing wedding... Dang. We can't exactly remember how our involvement came about, whether we were asked or we volunteered our services (come to think of it, hopefully we didn't drunkenly interject ourselves into their happy day). But catering these …

Fennel on Fennel

After laboriously harvesting well over an ounce of fennel pollen we focused on a dish that would highlight the flavor of the famed pixie dust without overpowering its delicate vibe. Fortuitously enough, tomato season really starts to hit at the same time the …

Urban Foraging

Until last week, wild fennel was a great frustration to us. In the early summer months the stuff sprouts all around us; glorious fragrant fennel, but with no bulb worth braising. After much discussion and consternation we realized the answer to our woe was …

The Sticky Icky

The Summer of the Can continues. You remember that metal vessel that for most kids' high school years was the definitive method of putting beer in one's body? Whether "shotgunning" in someone's backyard using a car key to punch an air hole to chug in seconds, …

Days of Our Knives Part II

If you couldn't tell by now we're a little into cutlery. And although we share steel like some people swap spit, we definitely have different preferences in the Cut Department. Here's a rundown of the three most used blades in Alex's kitchen...

Our Knives Part I

In the next installment of our introspective equipment analysis, we're detailing the knives that make both of us tick, because we believe the easiest first step to good cooking is sharp knives. If you're weary of shiny, sharpened steel, believe this: You will …

Deez Cans

It's unofficially the doldrums of summer, when things like job performance and precise maneuverings of time and space take back seat to the more important goals of porch sitting and pool seeking. And coming in a close third - cold beer sipping. Traditionally …

Introducing Our Batterie

Consistent with our ingredient credo, when it comes to kitchen equipment we have a penchant for the finer things and a love for the thrifty. In our homes we have some pretty upper-middle-top-of-the-line items, as well as some that we found in chain stores, …

Father Hennepin

Like in other walks of life, the young beer punk can be an insufferably snobby dolt, who swears by the harshest beers and flicks off more moderate brews. We know because that was us - still is, kinda.

As underage beer geeks, we gave Ommegang ales like …

Almond Cupcakes w/ Tangerine Frost & Flowers

When we got knee-deep in the nitty gritty of planning how we were going to pull off our recent wedding catering gig, we quickly realized the difference between making some big-ass salads and nourishing a nuptial celebration: a proper wedding cake. Not being …

"Chile" Dogs

While last summer was all about textured soy marinated in Miller High Life, this June grilling season has started off a little more au natural. We wanted to come up with some sort of vegan equivalent to that street vendor staple bell pepper and grilled onion …

Farro, Peas

After a long hiatus from grains and greens we felt the need to clean out our closets and get back on the fiber horse. The heat of the summer and the impending peril of innumerable events, social obligations, and overtime often keep us from hearty meals. …

Mark Of The Beast

As we understand it, the tendency for Belgian beers to have Satanic names is something of a tradition. Amidst the aftermath of a 1919 no spirits in pubs law, brewing the liquid gold was brought out of the barns of Abbeys and into the realm of the secular. …

Vegan "Caprese" Crostini

If this feels like a dejavu, don't bother pinching yourself: you have seen this dish before, allbeit in different forms. Most recently, we came up with a take where tomato confit balanced delicately on a sliver of expertly carved hearts of palm. But the …